#AF40E0#AF40E0

#AF40E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.237 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF40E0
RGB	rgb(175, 64, 224)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 68.13, -61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 91.58, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1625 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.237 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9648, 18.1636, 72.2760)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF40E0 #71E040

analogous

#5F40E0 #AF40E0 #E040C1

triadic

#AF40E0 #E0AF40 #40E0AF

tetradic

#AF40E0 #E05F40 #71E040 #40C1E0

square

#AF40E0 #E05F40 #71E040 #40C1E0

split-complementary

#AF40E0 #C1E040 #40E05F

monochromatic

#6A178E #9120C3 #AF40E0 #C575E9 #DBA9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AF40E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AF40E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF40E0

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF40E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF40E0	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3279DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA638C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af40e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 64, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.237 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7fea',
    500: '#af40e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af40e0;
$custom-light: #cb7fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af40e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.625,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59652,
    "c": 0.2372,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF40E0

secondary

#B1DF9D

accent

#EF3971

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAEFFD

border

#D3CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF40E0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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